mate_stubb wrote:You mean like this:
Nope. No keyboard. Just the pedals. (nice to see three pedals on a keyboard, though)
My idea is to use whatever keyboard the user wants--like that nice Kawai up there. The pedal box would contain everything you need to take the keyboard MIDI in and send a top-drawer stereo signal out.
It would also house the pedals. Why? Because there is no good three-pedal unit out there and if there was, you'd still need to wire it into your board. And because this gives you a place to put it--under the keyboard--you don't need to find some other place for it. One MIDI or USB cord in from the keys; two audio cables out at floor lever. Very tidy.
It would contain an appropriate computer and audio interface and your choice of software (Pianoteq, Ivory, whatever) and would be controlled by an app on ios and/or andriod.
mate_stubb wrote:I see. Sounds like a perfectly good idea, and easy enough to implement from components readily available.
You're right. Using fairly upscale new parts, it would cost around $1k plus whatever you used for a housing. The version below would also be usable as a two-input audio mixer.
1 mac mini @ $600 (useable as your primary computer at home)
1 Focusrite 6 USB @ $250 (useable as your primary audio interface at home)
1 CME GPP-3 three pedal thingy (no longer available and I don't know an equivalent, but I have one anyway)
Pianoteq or Ivory @ $250 or so
screen sharing software for iPhone/iPad/iPod @ $3
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Disassemble the CME and re-house it in a box that contains the mini and focusrite. The mini needs no at-the-gig access except for the power cord but it would be handy to have the ports available if convenient. The other two items take their power from the mini's USB. The focusrite would need its ports available for MIDI input and audio out and it would be handy if it could also be slanted up to give access to the front controls. If your keyboard uses USB out, then you'd need to access a USB port (the mini has 4). The CME just needs USB to the mini.
So you'd wind up with a box with three pedals sticking out the front and an array of inputs at the back. Cords would be one USB or midi cable to your keyboard, two balanced outs to your PA, and a power cord at the back. You'd control it from your iPhone.
I have everything but the mac mini and it's coming time to update my computer.
hmmm
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